Proverbs 20:11:5Prov.20.11.W5TAB
וְאִם־יָשָׁ֣ר
veimyashar
“and if upright”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- veh-ihm-yaa-SHAAR
- IPA
- /və.ʔim.jaː.ˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if upright
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-ya-SHAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-ya-SHAR pa-o-LO
- clause
im-ZAKH ve-im-ya-SHAR pa-o-LO
- sentence
GAM BE-ma-a-la-LAV yi-te-na-ker-NA-ar im-ZAKH ve-im-ya-SHAR pa-o-LO
Exegesis
The conditional particles im {אִם | ʾim} and veim {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} introduce parallel assessments of zakh {זַךְ | zakh} ‘pure’ and yashar {יָשָׁר | yāšār} ‘upright’, reinforcing that both moral cleanliness and ethical integrity reveal character. The translation retains the Hebrew’s adverbial focus and sequential parallelism to mirror the cause–effect structure.
Root and etymology
RootYod-Shin-Resh
“straight; right”
In context — Proverbs 20:11
Also by his deeds a youth is recognized; whether his work is pure and upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 20:11, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־יָשָׁ֣ר (veimyashar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.20.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.11.W5.S1) and character.